GRE Word List
PERT
saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured
The meaning of the word pert is saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured.
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| retribution | recompense |
| affected | artificial; pretended |
| dour | stern |
| progeny | descendants |
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| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |